Hashbang Conversation

Convo with Dan Webb, a front end engineer at Twitter

Tim Haines @timhaines
Reading a gazillion articles on hashbang URLs (#!). 99% of them seem to be over-emotionalized FUD.
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:22:16
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Dan Webb @danwrong
@timhaines read mine. It's all facts. undefined
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:39:09
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The null was actually a link to his blog post, but Storify or Twitter has broken that. Here's the post: http://danwebb.net/2011/5/28/it-is-about-the-hashbangs
Dan Webb @danwrong
@timhaines plus, now I'm in charge of undoing twitters hashbang URLs I can confirm that all the issues in that article are very real.
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:40:44
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Tim Haines @timhaines
@danwrong x months from now (when your project completes) Twitter will no longer use hashbangs?
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:41:38
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Dan Webb @danwrong
@timhaines correct. All gone. It was a mistake for several reasons. PushState or bust.
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:43:36
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Tim Haines @timhaines
@danwrong You're going to revert to page refreshes if the browser doesn't support PushState? Adding PushState support progressively?
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:46:56
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Dan Webb @danwrong
@timhaines yep.
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:47:22
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Dan Webb @danwrong
@timhaines although I'm not sure why everyone is so adverse to page refreshes these days. You can make them fast too.
Mon, Feb 20 2012 11:49:17
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